CV
Yael Massen
Bloomington, IN
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Summary
3L at Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from Indiana University, former Associate Instructor and Nonfiction Editor of Indiana Review, former Executive Assistant at Ferguson Law
Languages
English (Mastery)
Spanish (Intermediate)
Hebrew (Intermediate)
Education
Indiana University, Bloomington
M.F.A., Creative Writing- Poetry
May 2017
The State University of New York College at Geneseo (SUNY Geneseo)
B.A., Psychology and English: Creative Writing
summa cum laude
May 2013
Skills
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Editing, copy-editing, proofreading
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Research, fact-checking, formatting (MLA, APA)
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Course and curriculum design, individual tutoring, academic advisement
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SPSS, CardioEdit
Honors, Grants, & Awards
Semifinalist- Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Fellowship 2017-2018
Honorable Mention- 2016 Princemere Poetry Prize, January 2017
Finalist- The Claudia Emerson Poetry Chapbook Award, selected by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, December 2016
Vera Meyer Strube Academy of American Poets Award, selected by Simeon Berry, April 2016
The Kraft-Kinsey Award, The Kinsey Institute, April 2016
TENT: Encounters with Jewish Culture, 2015 Creative Writing Fellow, May 2015
Middlebury Language School, Hebrew, Summer Fellowship, May 2015
Friends of the IU Borns Jewish Studies Program Summer Fellowship, May 2015
Hegarty Award- National Society of Arts and Letters (Bloomington), March 2015
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, May 2013
SUNY Geneseo Dept. of English: William T. Beauchamp Memorial Award in Literature, May 2013
SUNY Geneseo Dept. of English: The Mary A. Thomas Award in Poetry- First Place, May 2013
Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society, January 2013
SUNY Geneseo President’s Scholar 2012 – 2013
SUNY Geneseo Dept. of English: The Mary A. Thomas Award in Poetry- First Place, May 2012
SUNY Geneseo Dean’s List, December 2009 – May 2013
SUNY Geneseo President’s List, May 2012
Dr. Wendell and Barbara Rhodes Research Award, May 2011
SUNY Geneseo Dept. of English: The Mary A. Thomas Award in Poetry- First Place, May 2011
Psi Chi Honor Society, May 2011
Select Experience
Ferguson Law, Bloomington, Indiana
Executive Assistant, May 2017–July 2019
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Associate Instructor, August 2014 – May 2017
Introduction to Creative Writing 103
Elementary Composition W131
Introduction to Poetry W203
Literary Editing and Publishing W280 (See: Magic Jar)
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana Review Nonfiction Editor, August 2015 – April 2016
Issue 38.1 Summer 2016, Issue 38.2 Winter 2017
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana Review Associate Poetry Editor, September 2014 – April 2016
Issue 37.1 Summer 2015, Issue 37.2 Winter 2016, Issue 38.1 Summer 2016, Issue 38.2 Winter 2017
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
Assistant Director (Summer Term), June 2014 – August 2014
The Program in Professional Writing
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
Graduate Student Instructor, August 2013 – May 2014
Business and Technical Writing 250: Principles of Business Writing